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space invaders bendiboard keyboard: who says aliens are inflexible?

gadgets | retro | video games

Space Invaders Bendiboard Keyboard

Just weeks after I got my hands on my new light-up LED keyboard, now I’m drawn to a new keyboard that I think I need on my desk. The ubiquitous invaders from space have adorned many a product, and now you can think about those aliens every time you sit down at your computer to type a memo or surf the web…

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September 2nd, 2008 post a comment stumble it! author: technabob

wallpaper speakers could become a reality

future tech

Wallpaper Talking

Ever heard the saying “If these walls could talk”? If this invention ever makes it into production, your walls soon could get a voice of their own. This new technology has the potential to turn just about any surface, including your walls, into a speaker…

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May 27th, 2008 post a comment stumble it! author: technabob

time-it led watches bring back the slap-happy 80s

retro | timepieces

Time-It LED Watches

These LED watches may be brand new, but they draw at least some of their inspiration from those tacky 1980s slap bracelets. You know, those stupid flexible wristbands covered in leopard prints or zebra stripes that came flat, but you had to slap onto your wrist to wear…

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March 18th, 2008 1 comment stumble it! author: technabob

etree el lamp: make like a tree and get out of here

design | interactive

ETree Electroluminescent Lamp

This amazing floor lamp uses strands of brilliant electroluminescent tubes to form into an nearly infinite number of flowing organic shapes.

Designed by Jesus Felipe and Silvia Grimaldi of UK-based Nimble Critters, the ETree lamp is more of an interactive sculpture than simply a lamp…

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November 30th, 2007 1 comment stumble it! author: technabob

1mm thick flexible plasma display in the works

future tech

Shinoda Thin Plasma Prototype

At this week’s CEATEC show in Japan, Shinoda Plasma Corp. showed off a prototype of a new plasma-based screen that’s only 1-millimeter thick.

By using an array of plasma “tubes” aligned between film electrodes, they’re not only able to keep the display super slim, but the display can actually be bent…

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October 4th, 2007 3 comments stumble it! author: technabob

lg philips show off a flexible color screen

future tech

LG.Philips LCD Flexible Display

This week, LG.Philips LCD showed off a breakthrough in flexible displays when they announced the successful creation of an A4 (14.1-inch) color E-paper display.

The display is the largest full color (4096 colors) flexible display to date, and is visible from a full 180-degree viewing angle…

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May 14th, 2007 post a comment stumble it! author: technabob

ge working on oled lighting

future tech

GE OLED White Light Source

OLED (organic light emitting diode) technology has been gradually gaining momentum as a display medium for everything cell phones, portable media players and even some upcoming computer monitors. But did you know OLED can be amped up enough to generate a meaningful source of illumination?..

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March 30th, 2007 2 comments stumble it! author: technabob

keyboard lights up, rolls up

computing | gadgets

USB Illuminated Roll-Up Keyboard

I’ve seen plenty of illuminated keyboards in my time, and also several that are flexible, but this is the first keyboard I’ve seen that both lights up and rolls up.

Made from flexible Silicone, The USB Illuminated Roll-Up Keyboard from USBGeek gets its glow from a cool sapphire blue electroluminescent layer…

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March 9th, 2007 3 comments stumble it! author: technabob

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